greatwhitefin Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 heya all, went for a solo fish friday, floated around here n there,managed to pull up some flattys, a flounder n a bream, great day on the hawkesbury, when night time came i decided to chase some jews and hairtail, the endless nights i tried getting a hairtail last year to come home with ziltch,i was gonna head up to jerusalem bay, but it looked a bit to foggy, wasnt in the mood to get out there n get lost, so just hung around the rail bridge and dangar island, i flicked a softy around then bang, reel screams, head shakes, we all know what that means, this thing took me around the boat twice, i was giving my anchor rope the evil eye when it was near it, eventualy got it to come up at the back of the boat, little jewie at 72 cm was netted, was pretty happy with that effort, went quite after that, so moved to another spot and put out some fresh tailor fillets, to kick back n vege out, typicaly wasting time n tackle to the catfish n eels, after an hour another twitch on my rod, said here we go again, starded to reel it in, felt a bit different, this time there was a bit of a fight, but still thought big eel or ray, got him up close, as soon as the moon light hit this long silver thing in the water i knew what it was, my first hairtail wasnt a monster but still was a moment to remember, 5 min later my other rod went off, was thinkin were theres one hairtail theres gotta be at least two, this thing felt big, aggresive head shakes and violent pulls, was only using 10 pound braid n 15 leader, i had a couple of bust offs earlier by gettin to excited so this time i was playing it safe, no joke fought this thing for an hour, one of the best tug of war games ive had, i really didnt want to lose this one, then comes up this at least 2 meter demonic lookin pike eel, this thing looked like it wanted to kill me, it was pissed off n so was i really, but it was still a fun battle, it looked like a big snake in the water ready to lunge towards me, thought ok you win, then it did this massive death roll on the surface n cut the line, then not much happend after that, the fog was really startin to thicken up, so called it a night n headed back, couldnt be stuffed cleaning the fish at 2 in the morning, so went home had a bit of a snooze got up took a couple of pics n did it then, cleaning that hairtail was fun, it was like wiping off silver spray paint off a long piece of fillet, hope it not too foggy next week, looks like theres hairtail about Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjc123 Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 Great Haul there. Hairtail are very interesting looking fish ay. Nice jewie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catchin Jack Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 Nice catch of fish mate, well done on the hairtail, will have to venture out for a look see soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kadavu Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 Good mixed bag mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sinbad66 Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 (edited) nice catch what sorta softy nabbed that jew and do u need a glowy on it? heard reports of lotsa hairtail at jerusalem bay in last week gonna have to have a go soon [damn flu/cough] Edited May 22, 2011 by mtcolah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greatwhitefin Posted May 22, 2011 Author Share Posted May 22, 2011 nice catch what sorta softy nabbed that jew and do u need a glowy on it? heard reports of lotsa hairtail at jerusalem bay in last week gonna have to have a go soon [damn flu/cough] just a gulp minnow, nuh no glowy on it, i guess the glow of the moon was enough, they can probaly see the silhouette lookin from the bottom, ive got a feelin them hairtail are everywhere.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwood1980 Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 Damn how lucky are you to get that hairtail....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yarraone Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 Yeeee Haaaaa they are here, lets go fisho's Hairtail are on... way to go mate great mixed bag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveyb Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 (edited) great haul there champ,gotta be happy with that! Edited May 23, 2011 by daveyb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greatwhitefin Posted May 23, 2011 Author Share Posted May 23, 2011 Damn how lucky are you to get that hairtail....... i did have to pinch meself a couple of times let me tell ya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greatwhitefin Posted May 23, 2011 Author Share Posted May 23, 2011 Yeeee Haaaaa they are here, lets go fisho's Hairtail are on... way to go mate great mixed bag ill say n not in there usual spot either, ahh theres many frosty nights ahead of us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greatwhitefin Posted May 23, 2011 Author Share Posted May 23, 2011 great haul there champ,gotta be happy with that! over the moon really, had him for tea last night, tasty as hell, im hooked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveyb Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 yum i wish we could catch those around the fairfeild area,as i been staying around here lolsave alot off traveling time.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greatwhitefin Posted May 23, 2011 Author Share Posted May 23, 2011 yum i wish we could catch those around the fairfeild area,as i been staying around here lolsave alot off traveling time.. ha ha yeh the hour driven back is a real bitch when comin home empty handed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pongrass18ft Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 heya all, went for a solo fish friday, floated around here n there,managed to pull up some flattys, a flounder n a bream, great day on the hawkesbury, when night time came i decided to chase some jews and hairtail, the endless nights i tried getting a hairtail last year to come home with ziltch,i was gonna head up to jerusalem bay, but it looked a bit to foggy, wasnt in the mood to get out there n get lost, so just hung around the rail bridge and dangar island, i flicked a softy around then bang, reel screams, head shakes, we all know what that means, this thing took me around the boat twice, i was giving my anchor rope the evil eye when it was near it, eventualy got it to come up at the back of the boat, little jewie at 72 cm was netted, was pretty happy with that effort, went quite after that, so moved to another spot and put out some fresh tailor fillets, to kick back n vege out, typicaly wasting time n tackle to the catfish n eels, after an hour another twitch on my rod, said here we go again, starded to reel it in, felt a bit different, this time there was a bit of a fight, but still thought big eel or ray, got him up close, as soon as the moon light hit this long silver thing in the water i knew what it was, my first hairtail wasnt a monster but still was a moment to remember, 5 min later my other rod went off, was thinkin were theres one hairtail theres gotta be at least two, this thing felt big, aggresive head shakes and violent pulls, was only using 10 pound braid n 15 leader, i had a couple of bust offs earlier by gettin to excited so this time i was playing it safe, no joke fought this thing for an hour, one of the best tug of war games ive had, i really didnt want to lose this one, then comes up this at least 2 meter demonic lookin pike eel, this thing looked like it wanted to kill me, it was pissed off n so was i really, but it was still a fun battle, it looked like a big snake in the water ready to lunge towards me, thought ok you win, then it did this massive death roll on the surface n cut the line, then not much happend after that, the fog was really startin to thicken up, so called it a night n headed back, couldnt be stuffed cleaning the fish at 2 in the morning, so went home had a bit of a snooze got up took a couple of pics n did it then, cleaning that hairtail was fun, it was like wiping off silver spray paint off a long piece of fillet, hope it not too foggy next week, looks like theres hairtail about Very nice Good work on the hairtail,i still need to get the monkey off my back. Was out there last season for zero,s That pike eel brings back memories i had one on my line years back in the georges river it was huge and they go crazy once hooked,i got it boat side and there was no way that thing was coming aboard , they are nice in colour though my wife was in the boat that night so you can only imagine the noise when it was boat side .Hope you catch alot more hairtail on your next trip. chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giangnguyen Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 Hey guys. Is hairtails a rare species? And are they good to eat. We've been up on the hawksburry a couple of times last year targeting jewies with no luck. But on one session we pulled up about half a dozen of those long snake look alike species. In which we threw back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greatwhitefin Posted May 24, 2011 Author Share Posted May 24, 2011 Hey guys. Is hairtails a rare species? And are they good to eat. We've been up on the hawksburry a couple of times last year targeting jewies with no luck. But on one session we pulled up about half a dozen of those long snake look alike species. In which we threw back. there not rare, but i think there scarce, come to think of it probaly means the same thing, i heard n read there were heaps years ago in the system, but not as many these days, i KNOW ONE THING FOR SURE THO, THEY ARE DELICIOUS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plummo Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 A good result on a freezing cold night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PRED-ATOR Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 Nice catch mate : ) well done braving the cold! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basil D Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 A good result on a freezing cold night Thats one top result, well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greatwhitefin Posted June 29, 2011 Author Share Posted June 29, 2011 A good result on a freezing cold night there not bloody scarce this year but great catch, well done, its all worth the freeze when you come home with that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plummo Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 Can't believe it......The young bloke saw the catch and decided, yes dad we'll go out again this Sat night. It's not so bad when you don't know how cold it's going to be but when you know, well then you realise your crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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